On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> terra@gnome.org wrote:
> > Full_Name: Morten Welinder
> > Version: 2
> > OS: Solaris(sparc)
> > Submission from: (NULL) (65.213.85.208)
> >
>
> Works for me with R-2.0.0, Solaris 5.7 (UltraSparc), gcc-3.2.3, 32-bit.
> So you have to specify compiler version, OS version, R version etc. much
> more precisely.
And for me under Solaris 8, gcc-3.4.2 or Sun cc Forte 7, 32- or 64-bit,
with options as recommended in R-admin.
I suspect this is caused by unsafe compiler options.
> > (gdb) p pnorm(-100000.1, 0.0, 1.0, 0, 1)
> > $42 = NaN(0xfffffffffffff)
> >
> > Expected: -0
> >
> > (gdb) p pnorm(-100000.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0, 1)
> > $43 = -0
> >
> > Good.
> >
> > (I know this is not a typical usage.)
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